Project Grant DEOE0000530

This $300,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of a new sub-kelvin refrigerator using superfluid helium vortex cooling. Funded under the Engineering (47.041) program, Yale University will analyze, design, build a prototype, and benchmark a two-stage cooling system combining a superfluid vortex cooler and Joule-Thomson precooler. The system aims to achieve high-capacity cooling below 1K without using helium-3, addressing stockpile depletion issues. By...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) Phase I SBIR grant in the amount of $274,773 awarded to DTP Thermoelectrics LLC will support the development of a prototype distributed transport properties (DTP) thermoelectric cooling module. The key objectives are to produce a DTP module capable of achieving a maximum temperature difference greater than 90 Kelvin with a 3-fold increase in cooling efficiency compared to conventional...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award for $305,000 supports the development of a novel magnetocaloric cooling system for temperature-controlled transportation of sensitive goods. The project aims to create a reusable, refrigerant-free cooling solution that can reliably maintain temperatures between 5°C and -20°C, replacing energy-intensive and environmentally-harmful packaging like dry ice and expanded polystyrene. The...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) provides $999,926 to RTX Corporation to mature the technology developed under a previous ARPA-E award on additive manufacturing for high-temperature, high-pressure heat exchangers. Under this new award, RTX Corporation will verify a large-scale build and field test of an additive precooler heat exchanger for aircraft thermal management. The project aims to advance this...

This $978,431 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) supports the development of an innovative two-phase cooling system using micro closed-loop pulsating heat pipes by Global Cooling Technology Group LLC, a small business specializing in advanced cooling technologies. The project aims to create a disruptive cooling solution that can enhance the performance of high-power density electronics,...

The Department of Energy Office of Science has awarded a $249,997 Project Grant to Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. (ACT) through the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a "Cost Effective Swiss-Roll Reformer for Methane Mitigation and Utilization". The grant is intended to support ACT's research and development of an advanced thermal management technology to enable more efficient and cost-effective methane reforming for applications in energy...

This Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency's Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) Reclaim and Innovative Destruction Grants program (CFDA 66.047) provides $1,500,000 to Texas A&M University Engineering Experiment Center (Tees) to develop and validate technologies to reduce the time and cost of reclaiming HFC refrigerants in the U.S. The key products and services to be delivered under this 5-year award include: Designing and testing an intensified modular unit capable of...

Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. received a $249,997 project grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to develop a Swiss-roll ammonia reformer for gas turbines. The project is being conducted in Neffsville, Pennsylvania through March 26, 2023. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program, listed under the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number 81.049, aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and...

The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded Energy Concepts Company, LLC $175,000 under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program to develop an innovative refrigeration cycle for small-scale refrigeration. Energy Concepts will modify an existing propane-fired diffusion absorption chiller to enable operation using heat from renewable energy sources like solar thermal, geothermal, waste heat,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $1,247,820.00 to Helix Earth Technologies Inc. to develop a high-efficiency retrofit dehumidification system for commercial air conditioners. The project aims to significantly reduce the energy consumption of commercial air conditioning units by up to 50% through innovative liquid desiccant and pressure-swing regeneration...